Review on ICFAI BUSINESS SCHOOL, Hyderabad

IBS Hyderabad is one of the finest B Schools in the state of Telangana. It has a unique reputation in the corporate world in terms of teaching pedagogy and industry-institute Linkage. Entire admission process includes test score followed by GD and Personal Interview. The college accepts test score of CAT, NMAT, IBSAT, and XAT. The college has good placement records and the average package stands between 7-8 LPA. Highest International package is 51 Lakh offered by Tolaram Group while highest domestic package is 14 lakh offered by Amazon. The reason for choosing IBS Hyderabad over other B Schools is mostly because of the AACSB accreditation and number of companies visiting the campus. It is a great place to learn, connect, and groom yourself.

The course which IBS Hyderabad offers is MBA unlike other B Schools that offers PGDM. Faculty to Student ratio is 1:10 which is desirable as per AICTE norms. Faculties are well equipped with the latest know how's in the world of business and you will get a holistic learning. Most of the faculties have huge industry experience and have in this teaching field for a good number of years. So, the quality of the teaching is at per with the latest industry standards. Many webinars, live sessions, guest lectures, and conferences are conducted to give the student real time exposure with industry experts. Exams are conducted in semester wise basis and they are very strict with the deadlines. It's somewhat difficult to get good grades because of the relative grading system and mostly with a batch size of more than 1000.

Internship opportunities are there since it forms an integral part of the course curriculum. Most of the students receive offer for SIP from the campus itself. Otherwise, you have the option to self generate from your own trusted sources. Very few company offers stipend and hence the ratio is quite low.

Students can sit for the campus placements from the fag end of Semester 3 onwards as per the eligibility criteria. The highest package from Campus this year stands around 16 lakh. Almost 80% of the students got placed. But still companies are visiting the campus. My plan is to continue with the job fir few years and then start something on my own.

Fees structure is somewhat close to 17 lakhs including hostel and mess charges. But now due to ongoing pandemic, the hostel and mess charges are not applicable. Scholarship is applicable to the achievers and merit students who got good percentiles. On the basis of the Semester 1 grade, students gets scholarship and financial assistance is provided to those who are needy.

Commenting on campus life will be a difficult task as the entire program till now is going online. But as far as the feedback from faculties and seniors, campus life is very vibrant. The entire campus is surrounded by lush green nature. Students get the chance to interact with faculties and industry experts. They take part in various events happening throughout the year. Various clubs and societies are there and students become a part of those clubs from the 1st year. A lot of learning sits beside it- its called character building. Now since everything is going online, events and other related activities are conducted online. There are techno managerial club, forum for interaction, placement committee, social welfare, and many more. It provides a holistic learning keeping a balance with the regular academic activities.

We are quite unfortunate in this matter. Since the entire MBA program is going online, we didn't get the chance to enjoy the campus life. But I am pretty sure the campus will open for the upcoming batch.

GD topics are based on current affairs and interview questions are based on your past work experience. For freshers, questions are asked from the final year project report or from the academics. The process is quite smooth. Basic criteria is to fulfill the generic guidelines as there in the prospectus.